The Medicine They Don’t Take…
But given the experience in other fields of healthcare, a return to the old lifestyle, however destructive, may be little more than human nature.
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Opioids and the Assumption of Failure
It also suggests that the ‘return to heroin’ rate among former maintenance clients may be even higher.
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Relapse and Addiction Policy
Somebody who shows up six months later, sick, asking for another admission to the hospital, is in their eyes a failure.
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Where Goals and Effectiveness Meet
Experience tells us that almost all of the wide variety of treatment strategies and models are around because they work well for someone.
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Outcome vs. Impact
Correlation is not, I repeat not, causation, but it has some value in itself.
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The Five Percent Meme
People attend AA for a variety of reasons, in different stages of readiness, and with diverse objectives in mind.
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The Compliance Problem
It presupposes a patient who agrees with the recommendations, which, particularly with addictions, may not be the case.
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The Natural History of Recovery: One Youth’s Experience
This is really about a continuous process of change. The unifying force is the addict’s subjective experience.
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The Practitioner vs. the Technique
I take great care in finding the right practitioner. He or she will likely be more important than the technique itself.
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EBP Shopping
No matter what model you choose, you’re going to want to track outcomes to see how it’s working with your client census.
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Acing the Continued Stay Review
Your goal is always to use the extra time to measurably increase the chances of a good outcome for that patient.
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Surviving Program Surveys
The most common error is to assume your program is running pretty well and will therefore get a good result on the survey.
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